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Meanings of visionary in English

Catalan
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A person with unusual powers of foresight.

        il·luminat

        Not practical or realizable; speculative.

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              Usage of visionary in English
              1
              Behind every new new thing is a visionary with a brilliant idea.
              Wired
              2
              Business: Microsoft founder and the visionary behind the world's largest software company.
              The South African
              3
              In short, there's a clear platform for the next visionary leap forward.
              Radio NZ
              4
              Yet the actors bring the flying-by-the-seat-of-their-pants concentration that the visionary enterprise needs.
              The Guardian
              5
              This new book includes an excellent introduction by cyberpunk visionary Bruce Sterling.
              Wired
              6
              A visionary poet, far ahead of the dimension in which he lived?
              Ebony
              7
              South Africa's constitution is celebrated globally for its visionary Bill of Rights.
              The South African
              8
              Plus, Steven Levy reflects on 30 years of covering Apple's creative visionary.
              Wired
              9
              Fanny broke into a laugh at the visionary absence in her face.
              A Chance Acquaintance
              10
              But the film argues against putting all hope into just one visionary.
              Reuters
              11
              For seventeen years now, he had followed in that visionary woman's footsteps.
              Sisterhood of Dune
              12
              A mountain all the more terrible that it is a visionary one.
              The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
              13
              But the visionary terror had scarcely gone when a real one came.
              Overland: A Novel
              14
              He is not prompted by any visionary ideas of ameliorating his species.
              Venetia
              15
              And already he was hinting at yet larger, visionary ambitions than that.
              The Guardian
              16
              Karl Marx was probably the greatest visionary futurist of the 19th century.
              Wired
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